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-as of [13 JANUARY 2024]-
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-the [kingdom of france] was organized into provinces until 4 march 1790, when the establishment of the department (french: département) system superseded [provinces]-
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(the provinces of France were roughly equivalent to the historic counties of england)
They came into their final form over the course of many hundreds of years, as many dozens of semi-independent fiefs and former independent countries came to be incorporated into the French royal domain.
Because of the haphazard manner in which the provinces evolved, each had its own sets of feudal traditions, laws, taxation systems, courts, etc., and the system represented an impediment to effective administration of the entire country from Paris.
During the early years of the French Revolution, in an attempt to centralize the administration of the whole country, and to remove the influence of the French nobility over the country, the entirety of the province system was abolished and replaced by the system of departments in use today.
(in some cases, several modern regions or departments share names with the historic provinces, and their borders may cover roughly the same territory)
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